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United States Patent | 5,642,157 |
Shibanuma | June 24, 1997 |
An electronic endoscope apparatus which is used in combination with another medical diagnosis apparatus for medical diagnosis, includes a monitor for displaying the image based on a video signal from the endoscope or displaying both of the image based on a video signal from the endoscope and the image based on a video signal from the other medical diagnosis apparatus on the same screen, and a display switching controller for receiving the video signal from the other medical diagnosis apparatus and selectively switching the video signal to be displayed on the screen between the video signal from the endoscope and both of the video signals from the endoscope and the other medical diagnosis apparatus to display the image based on the selected video signal.
Inventors: | Shibanuma; Hiroyuki (Tokyo, JP) |
Assignee: | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 340373 |
Filed: | November 14, 1994 |
Nov 29, 1993[JP] | 5-298712 |
Current U.S. Class: | 348/65; 348/565; 600/109 |
Intern'l Class: | H01N 007/18; A61B 001/04 |
Field of Search: | 348/65,71,72,73,74,75,564,565,584 600/104,109,113,118,160,103 |
5196928 | Mar., 1993 | Karasawa et al. | 348/72. |
5432561 | Jul., 1995 | Strubbe | 348/565. |